The Far Traveler - Nancy Marie Brown (36 page)

and L’Anse aux Meadows,
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relationship with Thorgunna of the Hebrides,
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rescue of Gudrid,
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Lewis, C. S.,
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Lewis chessmen,
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lice,
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lichen purple dye,
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Lindisfarne, sack of,
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linen,
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Little Ice Age,
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Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth,
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longfire,
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longhouses,
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construction of,
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at Eiriksstadir ("Eirik’s Homestead”), Iceland,
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in Greenland,
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in Iceland,
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See also
Glaumbaer (“Farm of Merry Noise”), Iceland

in L’Anse aux Meadows, Vinland,
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midden of,
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pit houses and,
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looms,
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loom weights,
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lost-wax process,
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lozenge twill,
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Luckert, Karl,
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Luidprand of Cremona,
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Lysufjord, Greenland,
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magic,
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Magnusson, Arni.
See
Arni Magnusson

Magnusson, Magnus,
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manuscripts,
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marine-reservoir effect,
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Markland (“Forest Land”),
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marriage,
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See also
sexuality; Gudrid the Far-Traveler

Marshalltown Company trowels,
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Martensson, Linda,
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mattresses, turf used in,
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McAleese, Kevin,
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McGhee, Robert,
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McGovern, Tom,
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merchants,
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Merlin,
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Micmac Indians,
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middens (garbage pits),
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milk/dairying,
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mirages,
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Miramichi River, Canada,
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mitochondrial DNA,
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Moe, Anne Stine.
See
Ingstad, Anne Stine

Morris, William,
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Motzfeldt, Kristjana,
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Mount Hekla, Iceland

eruption of 870,
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eruption of 1000,
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eruption of 1104,
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Mowat, Farley,
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mythology.
See
Norse gods

nails,
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National Science Foundation,
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Native Americans.
See
Skraelings; Beothuck Indians; Micmac Indians

navigation,
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astrolabe in,
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challenges of,
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distance measures in,
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New Brunswick, Canada,
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Miramichi River,
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Newfoundland, Canada,
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Bird Cove,
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L’Anse aux Meadows,
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Nikulas (monk),
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nippers,
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Njal’s Saga,
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Norman Conquest (1066),
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Norse gods,
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Norsemen.
See
Vikings

North Pole, magnetic effects of,
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Norway

Christianity in,
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Gokstad ship burial,
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kings of,
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Oseberg ship burial,
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as ruler of Iceland,
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trade agreement with Iceland,
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Viking raids in,
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Viking Ship Museum, Bygdoy,
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Nuuk, Greenland,
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Nyegaard, Georg,
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oak,
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Ocean Called Dark,
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Oddny Eykindill,
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Olafsson, Gudmundur,
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Olaf the Fat/Olaf the Saint (king of Norway),
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Olaf the Peacock,
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Olaf the White (king of Dublin),
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Olaf Tryggvason (king of Norway),
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Olason, Vesteinn,
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Old Norse,
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See also
Icelandic sagas

Old Norse Homily Book,
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Ongul.
See
Thorbjorn Ongul

Orkney Islands,
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Orm (Gudrid’s foster-father),
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Oseberg (Viking ship replica),
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Ostergard, Else,
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Otherworld,
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overgrazing,
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pagan gods.
See
Norse gods

pagan graves,
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pagan sacrifices,
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Pax Dei
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peat,
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peat ash,
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Pencak, William,
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permafrost,
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phosphate testing,
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photography,
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photosynthesis,
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pickling process,
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pigs,
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pilgrimage

concept of,
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to Iceland,
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to Rome,
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Pilgrim Way,
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pit houses,
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plain twill,
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Pohl, Frederick J.,
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Polaris.
See Leiðarstjarna
(North Star)

pollen analysis,
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polyethylene glycol,
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popes,
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pork,
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See also
pigs

pregnancy,
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Prose Edda
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Psalter,
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quadrant,
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Quebec, Canada,
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Radiocarbon,
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Ragnarok,
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Ramah chert,
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ransacking,
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Raven-Floki,
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Rehberger, Linda,
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reliquary boxes,
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remote-sensing devices,
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